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Comms managers: UK businesses need fibre
News The CMA has warned the UK could suffer unless broadband speeds are increased, while a European body claims fibre deployment leads to more web usage [04 Jul 2008]
LiMo gets Openwave browser and messaging
News Purple Labs will supply its LiMo Foundation partners, like Vodafone and Orange, with Openwave's mobile browsing and messaging software [04 Jul 2008]
EC expected to enforce SMS-roaming price cuts
News Informa Telecoms & Media says operators have failed to voluntarily reduce the cost of SMS roaming in line with an EC deadline of 1 July [03 Jul 2008]
Mobile users make same errors as disabled PC users
News Academics have called on tech companies to overcome mobile-device usability issues, after research found mobile users make the same errors as motor-impaired PC users [02 Jul 2008]
Mobile-phone payments to hit £151bn by 2013
News Juniper Research predicts a fivefold rise in mobile payments over the next five years, and recommends retailers exploit this 'fourth channel' [02 Jul 2008]
Lords questions gov't over web-data retention laws
News The government has been asked how it will phrase a law requiring ISPs to retain internet-traffic data for up to two years [01 Jul 2008]
Femtocells may usher in next-gen mobile networks
News The Femto Forum believes femtocells could help speed the arrival of next-generation mobile-broadband networks, such as WiMax and LTE [01 Jul 2008]
Mobile operators warn EC over termination rate cuts
News Any move to speed rate reduction could force operators to make cuts in services, increase prices or end handset subsidies, says industry body GSMA [01 Jul 2008]
Google, Tele Atlas to share mapping data
News The deal will see Google granted access to maps and dynamic content from Tele Atlas, which will be able to use the search giant's user-input tech [01 Jul 2008]
T-Mobile to turn on HSUPA
News The operator claims to be the first in the UK to roll out high-speed mobile broadband uploading on a nationwide basis [30 Jun 2008]
Scotland signs deal for blanket broadband
News Avanti has won a £3.3m contract to provide satellite broadband to remote areas that are out of the reach of terrestrial alternatives [30 Jun 2008]
Operators pressured to cut mobile-termination fees
News European telecoms regulator Ecta is pushing for operators to charge less for connecting calls to each other's networks [27 Jun 2008]
Mobile Linux standards forum gives up
News LiPS has merged with LiMo, in a major blow to the idea of creating formal mobile Linux standards rather than ad-hoc implementations [26 Jun 2008]
Openmoko ships Neo FreeRunner Linux phone
News The open-source, touchscreen Neo FreeRunner is part of Openmoko's shift away from the early-adopter set and towards the mass market [26 Jun 2008]
Symbian vs Android: How they square up
Analysis ZDNet.co.uk looks at how the Symbian Foundation and Open Handset Alliance measure up in terms of membership, licensing and projected time to market [26 Jun 2008]
Ofcom chairman to step down
News David Currie, who became the first chairman of the regulator in 2002, will relinquish his post after Easter next year [25 Jun 2008]
First Symbian Foundation handsets due in 2010
News Nokia predicts the first phones using the new Symbian Foundation platform will arrive in two years' time, although its device chief says this is subject to 'shades of grey' [24 Jun 2008]
Symbian Foundation launch: What members said 
Photos Representatives of the major mobile-phone manufacturers joined mobile-operating-system vendors and even operators on Tuesday to announce the Symbian Foundation [24 Jun 2008]
Symbian, UIQ, S60 to form open-source Android killer
News Nokia is to buy out Symbian and set up a new open-source platform with Motorola, Sony Ericsson and NTT DoCoMo, forming a major rival to Google's Android [24 Jun 2008]
Analyst: 3.5G laptops may choke mobile networks
News Berg Insight says mobile operators' networks need urgent investment to cope with looming demand from a growth in 3.5G laptops [23 Jun 2008]
Mobile phones promise paperless air travel
News Airline industry IT provider Sita says phones could be used to hold digital boarding passes, baggage-tracking info and payment data within the next five years [23 Jun 2008]
T-Mobile cuts data roaming fees by 80 percent
News From 1 July, the operator will cut its charges to £1.50 per megabyte for those using a phone or data modem to surf the internet while travelling in Europe [20 Jun 2008]
WiMax Forum certifies first 2.5GHz products
News Mobile WiMax has inched closer to commercial reality, with the WiMax Forum greenlighting 10 products, including base stations and modules from companies like Intel and Motorola [19 Jun 2008]
Mobile banking set for rapid growth
News The number of global mobile-banking transactions is predicted to rocket, with China and the Far East the biggest converts to mobile finance, says analyst Juniper [19 Jun 2008]
European IT chief backs net neutrality
News In a speech made to a global forum on internet governance, the EC's Viviane Reding says the net neutrality debate is a 'political question to be answered by the people' [18 Jun 2008]
